Improvement in mouth-pieces



time g lnteut l J; P. cOURTNEY-AND WILLIAM H. KELAGHER, Or BROOKLYN, NEW

YORK, AssiGNORs To J. P. OOURTNEY y Letters Patent No. 85,795,1lated January 12, 1 869.

IMPROVEMENT IN 1i/iro11TH-Pinot:s` PoR SMOKING-Press.

To all 'whom 'it fina/y concern v Be it known that we, J. P. COURTNEY and WILLIAM H. KELAGHER, of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings,

' and exact description thereof, which will enable those skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

This invention relates to'improvements in smokingpipes, whereby the'saliva-,gJ liquid from the mouth of the smoker, is prevented from entering the stem ortube of the pipe; and l The invention consists in attaching to the stem or mouth-piece, by a screw-thread, or otherwise, an interior tube, which is surrounded by a perforated cup, and covered by a conicalcap, as hereinafter described.

Figure l represents themouth-piece of a smokingu pipe, provided with the improved device.

Figure 2 is a longitudinal section of the same, (en larged,) showing the construction and arrangement of parts.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding A is the mouth-piece tube.

B is the interior tube, screwed into the tube A, as vseen in the drawing. C is the cup, through which the tube B passes, and

to which it is firmly attached.

Dis angorice through" the cup O, for the discharge of the 'smoigeinto thegii'iouth, in the act of smoking.

E is the cap or tip, of globular form, screwed into the cup, as seemy i The cup O and the ti-p 'E form a globular chamber, F, into which the interior tube B extends.

This tip E prevents the current of smoke inhaled from striking or looming in contact with the tongue of the smoker, thus preventing that pungent or stinging sensation so often experienced.

Saliva, or fluids in the mouth, cannot enter the interior tube or the'stein A, owing to the arrangement of the tube in the chamber F.

This attachment forms a handsome and ornamental nish to the mouth-piece. It may be made of silver, in whole or in part, or of any other suitable material.

By the use of it, the pipe will remain clean and sweet for aniuch longer period than without it, as no moisture 'can enter the tube or stem, to gum up the stem and obstruct the passage ofthe smoke. Having thus described our invention,

We claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent- The interior tube B, the perforated cup O, and-the cap or `tip E, in combination with the mouth-piece of a smoking-pipe, arranged substantially as shown and described.

J. P. OOURTNEY. WM. H.- KELAGHER.

'Witnesses WM. F. MNAMARA ALEX. F. RoBERfrs. 

